One traditional British meal is completely banned in the US

It's long been a debate about whether the UK or the US has better food options but the Yanks have now taken it one step further by banning a traditional British meal.

We've long had a deal in the UK that we don't plague our Fanta with high fructose corn syrup or sell food stuffs like Mountain Dew or Swedish Fish that is filled to the brim with food colouring.

The US take more issue with some of the meat products on sale here in the UK, with the black pudding one item that won't finish on the traditional English breakfasts over in the US.

However, at risk of insulting the entirety of Scotland, the land of Donald Trump has also banned a meal regularly enjoyed in Edinburgh, and it's not an Irn Bru or a fried Mars bar.

It's hard to take food advice from a country that regularly washes raw chicken with soap and boasts foreign imports such as hamburgers and french fries as it's own traditional servings, they might not be too far wrong when it comes to banning haggis.

At risk of insulting any of our stoutly Scottish readers who will no doubt send abuse my way, the offering of offal doesn't sound in the least bit appealing, as it sees a sheep's heart, lungs and liver minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, and spices, before being all cooked together inside the sheep's stomach. Yum.

The US doesn't have much traditional food of its own (Getty Stock)

The meal is usually enjoyed on Burns Night in Scotland and can be served with 'neeps and tatties', which is mashed potatoes and root vegetables for those of you who aren't fluent in Scottish speak.

But it's not the contents themselves which Americans find so offensive, as they'd probably ban beans on toast as well if they could, but rather the safety concerns around the sheep's lung.

During the slaughtering of the sheep, harmful contents including phlegm and stomach contents can easily enter the lungs, which can sometimes carry harmful bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) maintains a zero-tolerance policy for such contamination and therefore you won't find any proper haggis over in the states.

Too much flavour for the Americans to handle (Getty Stock)

If you can stand the thought of enjoying the traditional Scottish meal without a sheep's lung (the horror), then you might just be in luck, as some versions of this are sold across the country if you look hard enough.

Compliant versions typically substitute sheep’s lung for other parts of offal, or other meats including beef or lamb.

So, any Scottish fans heading to this summer's World Cup may well end up disappointed, and that's not just because they'll likely be heading home in the group stages.